A Boulder judge ruled there was enough evidence to proceed in the attempted-murder case of a Nederland woman accused of hitting her boyfriend repeatedly over the head with a flashlight in November 2012.

Joy Carol Sorenson, 57, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and felony menacing, and Judge John Stavely ruled there was probable cause for all three felony charges after a preliminary hearing Thursday.

During the hearing, Nederland police officer Darrah O'Nuallain described what he called a "graphic scene" upon arriving on Nov. 3 at Sorenson's house where she allegedly hit her boyfriend Tyrone Lee after he said he was going to leave her.

"There was blood spatter everywhere," said O'Nuallain, who added Lee was lying in a large pool of blood.

O'Nuallain said Lee told him both he and Sorenson had been drinking that night and arguing about another woman Lee was living with. Lee said he went into the bedroom to sleep and she put a knife to his chest and threatened him.

Shortly after that, Lee told O'Nuallain that he walked out of the bedroom and Sorenson then hit him in the back of the head with a Maglite flashlight. He said she continued to hit him on the ground and shouted, "You should be dead now," and, "All men should (expletive) die."

"(Lee) believed at the time it was her intention to kill him," O'Nuallain testified. He added the flashlight was made of aluminum and definitely large enough to cause serious damage. Lee suffered nine deep lacerations to the back of his head and had injuries to his vertebrae.

"It's perfectly capable of doing what it was used for," he said.

O'Nuallain said Lee had a prior neck injury that Sorenson had known about and knew that blows to his neck could seriously hurt him. Lee appeared in the courtroom at the hearing Thursday wearing a neck brace.

O'Nuallain said eventually Lee lost consciousness and Sorenson called 911 to say she had hit Lee over the head. She was found by O'Nuallain sitting on a chair near Lee when he arrived.

Sorenson's attorney Kathryn Harrold did not make an argument after O'Nuallan's testimony, and Stavely set the charges over to district court.

Sorenson, who remains in custody on $250,000, is scheduled for an arraignment on March 8.

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